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EXCURSION 

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CITY HISTORY CLUB 

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NEW YORK 

BY 

FRANK BERGEN KELLEY, A. M., Ph. D. 

No. I— CITY HALL TO WALL STREET (Revised). 

PRICE, 5 CENTS. 

flailed on receipt of price by Secretary, City History Club, 

23 W. 44th Street. 



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Excursion No. i (revised) should be used in connection with the City 
History Club Plan of New York in the English Period (about 1760), in 
addition to the two maps at the end. Excursions Nos. VI and VII cover 
the lower part of Manhattan, and Nos. II and I IT connect with points 
north. 

The following are recommended as short works of reference : Todd's 
" Story of the City of New York" (Putnam) ; " Historic New York," con- 
sisting of 2 i monographs which are also issued separately as " The Half 
Moon Series" (Putnam); Hemstreet's " Nooks and Corners of Old New 
York " (Scribner) ; Ulmann's " Landmark History of New York " (Apple- 
ton) ; Janvier's " In Old New York " (Harper) ; Tyler's reproductions of 
famous local maps and illustrations (Dunreath Pub. Co., 46 Wall St.) ; City 
History Club bibliograpnies. 

Since the best authorities differ as to exact localities of many historic 
events, there is much room for error in a work of this kind, and the writer 
will be pleased to receive criticisms and additions, especially if authorities 
are quoted. 

This route being a rather long one, it has been subdivided into three 
sections, each of which can be taken separately. ^ 

This part of New York was not settled until long after the Dutch flag 
ceased to wave over New Amsterdam. City Hall Park was the old Dutch 
" Vlact" (Flat) or pasture, later called the Commons, granted to the city 
corporation in 1686 by the Dongan Charter. During the later English 
period and the days of the Revolution it was a place for public demonstra- 
tions, mass meetings, etc. It was fenced in about 1785, and an iron rail 
fence was provided in 1821, with gates on the south, west and east sides. 

The main thoroughfare was lower Broadway, Chatham Street (now 
Park Row) and the Bowery. The shore line has been extended two or 
three blocks on either side. The King's Farm, which lay west of Broad- 
way, between Wall and Warren Streets, originally belonged to the West 
India Co. and was later granted to Trinity Church. Many of the street 
names have a direct connection with early residents. 



EXCURSION NO. I. 

( The figures correspond with those on Map I at the ejid.) 

SECTION I. CITY HALL PARK AND VICINITY. 

(i.) City Hall, erected in 1803-12 on the site of the Almshouse. As- 
cend the spiral stair-case to the Governor's Room ; see portraits of Wash- 
ington, former governors of New York, Gen. James Clinton and Alexander 
Hamilton; two desks of Washington, the furniture of the first Federal 
Congress (which met in the former City Hall on the Sub-Treasury site in 
Wall Street), a section of Stuyvesant's pear tree, the Erie Canal punch 
bowl and flags carried in 1789 and the Mexican War. A good view may 
be obtained from the balcony. Visit the Aldermanic Chamber where some 
interesting portraits may be seen. By special arrangement one may go up 
into the clock tower and on the roof. 

On the first floor may be seen the Mayor's Office with its portraits of 
mayors and Lafayette, the Dutch and Federal yard-measures in the corri- 
dor and the City Library, which contains many valuable books and records. 

In the basement are the Marriage Room, City Record Office, Bureau 
of Licenses and some rooms once used as prison cells. 

Outside, under the Mayor's Window, see the tablet commemorating the 
reading of the Declaration of Independence to the army here in Washing- 
ton's presence in 1776. A tablet in the sidewalk in front of the building 
marks the opening of the Rapid Transit Tunnel in 1900. Note that while 
the front and sides of the building are of marble, the rear is of sandstone 
(painted to resemble the front) as it was not supposed the city would reach 
above Chambers Street. 

(2.) Register's Office (east of City Hall), erected about 1756 as a 
Debtor's Prison; it became the "Provost," or British military prison 
(sometimes called the " American Bastile ") in the Revolution and was the 
scene of great brutality on the part of Provost Marshal Cunningham. See 
in the vestibule the tablet erected by the Daughters of the American Rev- 
olution. 

On the second floor (called derisively " Congress Hall "), were confined 
prisoners of note, among them Ethan Allen. Here may be seen records 
of real estate, dating back to 1665, and copies of many old maps. 

Beneath the building are four gloomy dungeons wiiich may be reached 
by steps on the west side from without. The great lock is still shown, the 



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key being in the rooms of the Historical Society, at loth Street and 2nd 
Avenue. The building was altered in 1830 to resemble the Temple of 
Diana at Ephesus. 

(3.) The new Hall of Records is in course of erection at Center and 
Chambers Streets. Between the two buildings see the 

(4.) Fire Engine House, the home of the first Volunteer Hose of New- 
York (the " Mutual "), and once the headquarters of the Street Cleaning 
Department. 

(5.) The "Brown Stone" Building occupies the site of the old 
" Rotunda" once used as the City Post Office until 1845 and as an art 
gallery. 

(6.) The County Court House occupies the site of the old " American 
Institute," in the upper part of which was " Scudder's Museum ; " the first 
savings bank and a few city offices were below. The present building is a 
monument to the iniquity of the Tweed Ring which secured millons of dol- 
lars during its erection. Chambers Street marks the line of fortifications 
and British barracks during the Revolution, and a negro burying ground 
occupied the site of the Stewart Building across the street. 

(7.) The old " Bridewell," or common jail, built in 1775, stood between 
City Hall and Broadway. It was torn down about 1834, the stones being 
used in building the old Tombs Prison. 

(8.) The "Liberty Pole" which led to so much strife between the 
British garrison and the Sons of Liberty was on the west side of City Hall 
Park nearly opposite Warren Street. 

Across the street, at 260 Broadway, was an entrance (now closed) to 
the pneumatic Rapid Transit Tunnel built under Broadw-ay in 1868 as an 
experiment. 

(9.) Statue of Nathan Hale <by MacMonnies 1 891-2, from Ger- 
hardt's ideal bust), patriot spy of the Revolution. The place of his exe- 
cution is given by Prof. H. P. Johnston ("Nathan Hale") as at Turtle 
Bay, about the corner of 45th Street and First Avenue. 

Cross City Hall Park to Park Row, 

(10.) Fountain, erected about 1873, during the time of the Tweed 
Ring. The original fountain in City Hall Park was erected about 1842, 
to celebrate the first Croton water. It was much larger and occupied the 
site of the present Post Office. 

(11.) The " Sun " building, originally the first permanent building 
for Tammany Hall, (erected 1811) which had been organized at Borden's 



Tavern in lower Broadway in 1789 and moved to " Martling's " (corner of 
Spruce and Nassau Streets) in 1798. In Tammany Hall the term *' Loco 
foco " originated in 1834. N. B. A good view of lower Manhattan and 
the harbor may be gained from the " World " tower. 

Frankfort Street (" Newspaper Alley ") was named for Governor 
Leisler's birthplace. At Nos. 5-7 N. William Street, under the Bridge, is 
a very good imitation of a Dutch crow-step roof. 

(12.) Statues of Benjamin Franklin (designed by Plassman, and 
presented in 1872 by Captain Albert deGrcot to the printers and press of 
New York) and Horace Greeley, founder of the " New York Tribune " 
(designed by Ward and presented to the city in 1890 by the printers) are 
near the Tribune office. Jacob Leisler was executed for treason here 
in 1691 on his own farm. 

(13.) " The Vineyard Lot" occupied the block between Park Row, 
Nassau and Beekman Streets, and the block below was called the " Gover- 
nor's Garden " because purchased by Gov. Dongan in 1685. 

The " Times " and Potter Buildings are on the site of the Brick Presby- 
terian Church (built in 1768; used during the Revolution as a British 
prison and moved about 1854 to Thirty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue). 

On the block directly south is the site of the first Clinton Hall (1830) 
an early home of the Mercantile Library. 

See " Theatre Alley " (joining Beekman and Ann streets), a former 
passage to the 

(14.) Park Theatre (1798), between Beekman and Ann Streets on 
Park Row. The theatre was burned in 1820, rebuilt in 1821 and again 
burned in 1848. 

(15.) New York Post Office, the third Federal building used in the city 
for this purpose, built in 1875 on part of City Hall Park ceded in 1867 for 
$500,000 by the city to the U. S. Government. Near the southwest entrance 
may be seen a tablet commemorating the Liberty Pole and the battle of 
Golden Hill. At the southeast entrance is a bust and memorial tablet to 
Postmaster Pearson who did so much to reform the postal service. 
Go east on Ann Street. 

The narrow entrance to the Park Bank, at No. 8 Ann Street, was an 
exit from 

(16.) Barnum's Museum which faced St. Paul's on Broadway until it 
was burned in 1865. See court and old style rear buildings at 59 Ann 
Street. 

Go down Nassau to Fulton Street and west to 



(i8.) Tablet. 136 Fulton Street, commemorating " the Shakespeare 
Tavern," built before the Revolution, a favorite headquarters for actors 
and the scene of the organization of the Seventh Regiment. 

(19.) The " Loew Bri(l§:e " was erected across Broadway at Fulton 
Street in 1867 to aid pedestrians, but was taken down the next year 
because so little used. 

SECTION II. WEST SIDE OF BROADWAY TO WALL STREET. 

(20.) St. Paul's Chapel (corner of Vesey Street], the oldest church 
structure in the city, built 1764-66 (the steeple not until 1794). See the 
Montgomery Monument in the rear, in the Broadway wall of the building, 
and in the churchyard a cenotaph to Thos. Addis Emmett, and the graves 
of Beverly Robinson, the actor Cooke, Sieur de Roche Fontaine (aide to 
Rochambeau) and other famous men. A plan of the grounds with copies 
of the epitaphs may be obtained from the sexton. See within the church 
the pews of Washington and Gov. Geo. Clinton, the original sounding 
board over the pulpit with the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales, and 
several tablets. 

In the Trinity Corporation Building, at the foot of the yard, may be 
seen a number of interesting historic relics. 

(21.) Astor House (north of St. Paul's) one of the oldest New York 
hotels, built 1834-38; its books contain autographs of many famous men. 
The building stands on the site of the old " Spring Garden " and " Drover's 
Inn," and was once the property of J. J. Astor, J. C. Coster and David 
Lydig. It is still in the Astor estate. 

The first substantial sidewalks of New York were laid on the west side 
of Broadway between Vesey and Murray Streets about 1787. 

Go west on Barclay Street to 

(22.)— St. Peter's Church (southeast corner of Church Street), the 
oldest Roman Catholic Church building in Manhattan, established in 
1786 and rebuilt 1838-9. 

(23.) — Tablet at S. E. corner of Murray and W. Broadway, marks the 
site of Kind's Colleg-e (called Columbia since the Revolution) occu- 
pied the land between Murray and Barclay Streets, Church Street and 
West Broadway (until lately called " College Place"). The ground sloped 
down to the river which ran up to Greenwich Street. This open space 
aided in stopping the great fire of 1776. The college entrance was on 
Murray Street, and for many years the gates were supported on four 



cannon taken from the Battery by Alexander Hamilton in 1775. The 
building was used for a time as a British prison. The college was moved 
to Madison Avenue and 49th Street in 1857, Columbia Grammar School, 
now at 34 East 51st Street, becoming a separate institution at this time. 

Because of the growing traffic on the West Side, College Place (old 
" Chapel Street ") was widened and cut through to Vesey Street in* 1892, and 
lower Church Street was widened and called New Church about 1875. 
The line of the former sidewalk may be determined by the Elevated R; R. 
pillars on the west side. The horse-cars formerly ran under the houses 
between Barclay and Vesey Streets. 

Greenwich Street was the shore line until about 1760, and a road ran 
north from it to Greenwich Village, passing Vauxhall, a favorite public 
garden of the English period, lying between Warren and Chambers 
Streets. The first elevated railroad in the world was built on this street 
in 1866-7, running from the Battery to 30th Street. The experimental 
motive power was a cable. 

Go down Greenwich Street to 

(24.) — The great " Boot" on a rough-rock pre-Revolutionary building, 
N. W. corner of Vesey and Greenwich Streets, is said to bear the date 
1832, and to have been carried in the Croton Water Procession of 1842. 
In the vicinity (possibly on the foundation of this building) was the first 
light-house of New York and the old Jersey ferry-house. On the corner 
below, at Fulton and Greenwich Streets, is an old-fashioned building 
bearing the date 1809. 

(25.) — Washington Market, successor to the "Bear Market," corner 
of Vesey and Greenwich Streets. " West Washington Market," formerly 
on the river front, is now at Gansevoort Market. The high lands near 
by were leveled and the shore line filled in about 1787 to 1790. See old 
houses on Vesey Street opposite the Market. At Cortlandt Street are the 

(26.) — Sites of a Dutch windmill, Mesier's Dock, Fulton's first 
steam ferry to Paulus Hook (1812), the old " Still House " (1755) and 
the New Jersey Transportation Company ferry to Perth Amboy (1831). 

Go east on Cortlandt Street to Broadway. 

(27.) — Site of Oswego Market, between Liberty and Cortlandt Streets. 
Near by, on the corner of Liberty Street, the Sons of Liberty had one of 
their headquarters before the Revolution. 

(28.) — Tablet (113 Broadway, Boreel Building), site of the De Lancey 
House (built 1700), later the City Hotel (1806), and said to be the scene 



of the signing of the Non-Importation Agreement, October 31, 1765,. 
but there is good authority for believing that this took place at Burns' 
Coffee House, about 9 or 1 1 Broadway. Thames Street, just below, was 
the carriage way to the De Lancey stables. 

(29.)— "Old Tom's" (Thames and Temple Streets) is said to be the 
oldest chop-house in New York, and was established about 1790, although 
the present building is modern. Much of the old china and pewter was 
used and English customs were observed until 1901. Two old city wells 
still remain in use at Trinity Place, between Thames and Cedar Streets. 
See old-fashioned buildings on Albany and Carlisle Streets. 

N. B. — For an account of Trinity Church and points on and below 
Wall Street see EXCURSION No. VII. 

Cross Broadway a7id go east on Cedar Street. 

SECTION III. EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY. 

(30.) — The Scotch Presbyterian Church (about 1760) was nearly 
opposite the Clearing House, between Broadv/ay and Nassau Streets. 
The latter street was at first Teunis de Kay's cartway from Wall Street, 
passing around Federal Hall; it was opened in 1696, and was sometimes 
called " Piewoman's Lane." The upper end was called Kip Street for 
Jacob Kip. 

(31.) — The tahlet on the Mutual Life Building (northeast corner of 
Nassau and Cedar Streets) marks the site of the Middle Dutch Church, 
built 1727-32; this was used by the British as a riding academy and 
prison, and served as a post office from 1845 to 1875. The old bell, 
made in Amsterdam and given by De Peyster, is now at the Collegiate 
Church, at Fifth Avenue and 48th Street. It is said that Franklin -tried 
some of his kite experiments from the belfry of the old building. 

Just behind, at 34 Liberty Street, stood the Livingstone Sugar House, 
another Revolutionary prison. 

A Friends' Meeting-House stood on "Little Green Street" or Liberty 
Place, west of Nassau Street, between Liberty Street and Maiden Lane, 
and the French Church of Saint Esprit (used as a British prison) on the 
north side of Pine Street, east of Nassau Street, built in 1704. 

Aaron Burr's law office was at 23 Nassau Street. 

Go east on Pine Street to 

Pearl Street, "de Perel Straat," " the Strand," or "the Road to the 
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the former shore line on the East River and was the road from the Fort 
(below Bowling Green) to the Brooklyn Ferry (near Peck Slip). 

(32.) — Revolutionary cannon, northeast corner of Pearl and Pine 
Streets. Near by, in 1680, a bear was attacked in a tree. 

Aaron Burr once lived at 10 Cedar Street. The old de Peyster 
House, at 178 Pearl Street, was the residence of Gov. George Clinton in 
1789. 

Go north to 

Maiden Lane, " Maagde Paatje," which was one of the three oldest 
streets north of the Wall, being the route between " Road to the Ferry" 
and Broadway. The streets between it and Wall Street were laid out 
about 1690. 

A brook ran through the street from the vicinity of Broadway, as 
may be still seen by the hollow marking the neighborhood and by the old 
arches in basements near Nassau Street, built over a drain to carry off the 
water. Some say the banks of this brook were a favorite bleaching ground 
of the Dutch maidens, others that Maiden Lane was an old lovers' path. 
Here, at the edge of the East River at Pearl Street, in Dutch days, was 
Cornelius Cloppers' smithy, giving the name " Smit's Vly " (or Valley) to 
this locality. Here, also, was the warehouse of Isaac Allerton, a May- 
flower Pilgrim. 

The " Countess' Key " (or quay) was named for Lady Bellomont, wife 
of the Governor, and marks the beginning of the lilling-in process above 
Wall Street. 

(33.) — The " Fly Market " once occupied the block east of Pearl 
Street, and after the filling-in process was complete two other markets 
occupied the two additional blocks to the east. All were torn down about 
1821. 

(34.)— Old house at 208 Pearl Street. 

Go west on Maiden Lane. 

(35,)— Old house (1823) at the junction of Maiden Lane and Liberty 
Streets. Jefferson is said to have lived at the site of 57 Maiden Lane. 
Go up old " Rutger's Hill" (Gold Street) to Piatt Street. 

(36.) — The " Jack-Knife," northwest corner of Gold and Piatt Streets, 
is an old house once used as a tav^ern which was so changed in shape by 
the cutting through of Piatt Street (by Jacob S. Piatt in 1834) as to merit 
the name. It is best seen from near the William Street corner. 



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Go up William to [ohn Street. 

John Haberding (or Harpendingh) with some fellow tanners hought 
in 1695 

(37.) — " The Shoemaker's Pasture," a district covering several blocks 
between Maiden Lane and Ann Street, east of Broadway. Here they 
carried their tanneries from the old tan pits near Beaver Street; later 
Haberding having given his share of the Pasture to the Middle Church, 
they removed to the " Leather Swamp " above Beekman Street, near Gold 
Street, which district still retains the name of " The Swamp." The 
Vandercliff Farm lay northeast of Shoemaker's Pasture and gave the name 
to CHff Street. 

(40.) — Tablet, northwest corner of John and William Streets, marks 
the site of the battle of Golden Hill (so called from a wheat field here) 
between the Sons of Liberty and British soldiers, in defence of the Liberty 
Pole, January 17th, 1770, — the first bloodshed of the Revolution. 

(41.)—" Golden Hill Inn," 122-4 William Street, was built over 150 
years ago of brick from Holland. It was a favorite meeting place of the 
Sons of Liberty. No. 126 was built shortly after the Revolution. Wash- 
ington Irving lived at the site of 120 William Street. 

Go west on John Street to 

(39.) -John Street M. E. Church, the oldest Methodist Church in New 
York. The original building occupied the same site and was erected in 
1768 ; rebuilt in 1817 and 1841. The church was organized in a sail loft at 
120 William Street by Barbara Heck, Philip Embury and Captain Webb. 
Within may be seen a number of interesting relics, including a clock given 
by John Wesley. 

(38.)— The site of the John Street Theatre (called the " Royal "in 
the Revolution and the " National " afterward) was at 15-21 John Street. 
It was built between 1750 and 1760, and here Major Andre performed 
original pla)s during the Revolution. " Hail Columbia" was first played 
here in the presence of Washington by Fyles, its composer, and in this 
theatre Joseph JefTerson made his first appearance. See the arcade at 
No. 17 John Street, once an entrance to the theatre. 

Go north on Nassatc to Fult07i Street a?td east to 

(17.) — Fulton Street Prayer Meeting (No. 113), site of North Dutch 

Church, built in 1769 and used as a British prison. Next door was the 
first Firemen's Hall, built in 1788. 



(42.)— Site of Moravian Church, south side of Fulton Street, between 
Dutch and William Streets. 

(43.)— Site of first Baptist Church, Gold Street, opposite Ryder's" 
Alley. At 27 Cliff Street is an old dwelling now used as a business house, 

(44.) — United States Hotel (corner of Fulton and Pearl Streets), 
formerly called " Holt's Folly," built in 1823 and still surmounted by an 
observation tower once used to signal vessels entering the harbor. See 
old buildings at the eastern end of Fulton Street and 

(45.)— Fulton Market, the successor of the old " Fly Market." 
Go west to Cliff Street and north to Beekjnan Street. 

(46.) — St. George Building (n. w. corner), site of the first St. George's 
Church (1748-1852), now on East i6th Street. The original desk, pulpit 
and chancel rails are now at the church in Manhasset, L. I. See also shot 
tower from the open court at the west side of the building. 

Go east to Water Street and north to Peek Slip. 
See Revolutionary cannon at S. W. corner. Ferry Street (west of 
Peck Slip) recalls the first ferry to Brooklyn when Dirck Vander Cliff's 
was the only regular boat across the East River. 

Go north on Pearl Street to 

(47.)— Site of the Walton House, 324-326 Pearl Street (built 1754, 
torn down 1881), the magnificence of which is said to have led to the enact- 
ment of the Stamp Act. 

(48.)— Franklin Square, named for Walter Franklin, a merchant, 
whose house at No. i Cherry Street, built 1770, was occupied at the first 
presidential mansion by Washington. Another prominent resident was 
Samuel Osgood, first Post-Master General, who had married Franklin's 
widow. The house was torn down in 1856. See tablet on Brooklyn Bridge 
pier. 

This district was formerly called " Cherry Hill," named for the cherry 
orchard of Mayor Thos. Delancey, 1666-71, or for the " Cherry Garden," 
established about 1664 by Richard Sackett as a rival to the Dutch garden 
at Chatham square. At No. 5 Cherry Street John Hancock once lived, and 
here Wm. Tweed carried on the trade of a cigar-maker. 

At No. 7 Cherry Street stood the house of Samuel Leggett, president 
of the New York Gaslight Company, where gas was first used in the city 
in 1835. At 17 Cherry Street lived Samuel C. Reid, who designed the 



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present American flag. Gotham Court and Blindman's Alley were in this 
neighborhood, which is one of th^ most crowded and poorly housed dis- 
tricts in the city. Through Roosevelt Street ran a brook which led from 
the Collect Pond (vicinity of the Tombs) and helped drain Beekman's 
Swamp. The bridge crossing this brook at Park Row was one of three 
" Kissing Bridges." 

Go west on Frankfort Street and up Rose Street to Duane Street. 

(49.) — Barred window in the Rhinelander Building, once in the old 
" Cuyler," later Rhinelander Sug-ar House which was used by the Brirish 
as a military prison and not torn down until 1892. Some of the original 
blocks of stone surround the doorway. 

Go west on Duane Street to Park Row. 

(50.)— Chatham Garden fronted on Park Row (old Chatham Street) 
and extended north from New Chambers Street. The high ground in the 
vicinity was once called Catimut's Windmill or Fresh Water Hill. There 
was a windmill here in 1662, north of Duane Street. 



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OBJECT.—" The City History Club has for its object the study of 
the history of the City of New York, in the hope of awakening an interest 
in its traditions and in the possibilities of its future, such educational work 
being for the improvement, uplifting and civic betterment of the com- 
munity." 

HISTORICilL EXCURSIONS.— The Club is prepared to furnish a 
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cation to the Corresponding Secretary. 

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Bibliography of the Dutch Period. 10 cents. 

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City Histoiy Leaflet No. i, "An Early Excise Law," " The Currency 
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" Graphic Views of Government " (to illustrate the relations of our 
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City History Club Map of New York in the English Period. 5 cents. 

Club Song, 5 cents. 

Historical Excursions. (5 cents each.) 

No. L City Hall and historical sites between Chambers and Wall 
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No. II. Old Greenwich Village. 

No. III. The Bowery and Stuyvesant's Home. 

No. IV. Central Park to Van Cortlandt Park. (Revised with Maps.) 

No. V. (Bicycle Excursion No. II.) McGown's Pass and upper Central 
Park. 

No. VI. Fraunces' Tavern. (Illustrated.) 

No. VII. Dutch New York, sites below Wall Street. (2 maps.) A 
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